Raving and Ranting ...

I'm really angry .. Bear with me on this post ... this is just a general rant!

My "good" friends at the MERC have just no concern for the public - they have announced a slew of public hearings within the next few weeks - for raising electricity tariff.

What really p!sses me off is that these guys are allowed to get away with doing something like this..

They think that the public has enough of expertise and time to do a due diligence on 6 hearings (MahaGenco, MahaTransco, MahaVitaran, Tata, BEST, REL) - which means studying about 3,000 pages of technical documentation .. and then filing one copy with each company and six copies with MERC .. and then appearing at these public hearings ...

What the bloody hell ....

In this age of "consumerism" - the customer is supposed to be God, right?

Crap .. according to MERC, the customer is LAST on their list - though the laws that formed the MERC state that consumer interest has to be protected.

MERC is supposed to be a Regulator of Electricity so that competition is promoted and consumer interest is protected .. and also to ensure fair supply of electricity, etc.

Look at what TRAI has done - and mobile tariffs are continuously going down ..

Now look at what MERC has done .. and electricity tariffs are continuously going up !!

Well, as i said .. this was just a general rant - to let off some steam ... feel better already :)